Soup and the smell of bread baking

[holyfight]

Who: Inoue Orihime (holyfight) and Kurosaki Ichigo (suppressthedark)
What: Orihime is bringing Ichigo a get-well meal (and a hangover cure)
When: The morning after his bender with Roxy and Hanako
Where: Ichigo's room in Thor House
Rating: G-PG, somewhere in there

[Orihime had gotten a message from Ichigo earlier in the day. He'd wanted to apologize for his behavior the night before, and she was glad to see it. She was pretty certain when she'd seen him partying the night before that he'd be embarrassed the next day, so she'd gone to bed prepared for it.

That meant that when she woke that morning, she'd already baked at least one loaf of bread and had in mind just the soup she wanted to make. She also knew where to locate the ingredients for a hangover remedy Rangiku had given her back home. As soon as she heard from him, she threw everything together and set out.

It was her very first trip away from Sigyn district since she'd arrived in Asgard, so she was looking at it like something of an adventure, and a chance to explore. She knew Ichigo lived in Thor House and that Thor was two districts over, so it took her a little while to get there. But after a couple hours, arrive she did, basket in hand to knock on Ichigo's door in room 203]

Kurosaki-san! Kurosaki-saaaaaan! Come sample my wares! I'll even give you an extra special discount~!

Comments

[holyfight]

You got another healer while I was away...?

[WELL DUH SOMEONE HAD TO HEAL HIM but... she still feels pouty about that]

[suppressthedark]

He's a doctor, actually. He's in my house.

[Oh hime, you will have plenty of opportunities to heal his dumb ass later.]

[holyfight]

[oh, well. A doctor's different]

Oh! Was he able to fix everything?

[suppressthedark]

Well, he got me out of the hospital when my stab wound healed up enough and he took care of me when I had a cold.

[Yes, HE. Not your past self, Orihime.]

He's done a pretty good job.

[holyfight]

I hope this doesn't mean you don't need my help anymore...

[that's kind of odd to think about]

[suppressthedark]

What? No!

[HOW COULD YOU EVEN THINK THAT]

You're my nakama, Inoue. I'm always gonna need your help.

[holyfight]

Well, I just thought you might've made arrangements with him or something...

[awkwaaaard]

Do you want this soup and bread?

[suppressthedark]

I'm supposed to help him out at his clinic or something, but I don't think he'd mind much.

[Aaaand his stomach grumbles loudly when she says that.

Yep, looks like he does!]

Ah...

[holyfight]

At his clinic? Like your father's? Weren't you bad at that?

[laughing a little while she sets out her things]

Can I sit down?

[suppressthedark]

I meant like telling them what to do.

[Come on Orihime, he at least knows how to do stuff! He's watched his dad and sisters enough.

Anyway, he blinks, then nods.]

Yeah, sure!

[So he GETS UP to let her have the bed. Such a gentleman, Ichigo.]

[holyfight]

Like an administrator?

[sitting down and organizing his food before handing it to him - have some chicken, corn, and wasabi chowder and beet bread!]

You didn't have to get up, Kurosaki-kun...

[suppressthedark]

[It's okay, he's sitting down on his desk chair and facing her.]

Nah, it's fine. I'm tired of being on it anyway.

[...No you just gave her the comfy spot, Ichigo, admit it. Anyway, he takes the food and starts chewing on that bread first.]

...Well, I guess it's not totally inedible.

[...Stop being tsun tsun.]

[holyfight]

If you don't like it, I just won't bring you any more! Naughty boys that complain don't get dinner!

[she giggles anyway - that's part of their game, right? He likes to complain, but he still eats more than Sado-kun and Ishida-kun combined]

Alright. I guess it would get boring, being bed-ridden all morning. What do you usually do around here this time of day?

[suppressthedark]

Oi, I didn't say that!

[Yeeep, pretty much. He secretly likes her bread, to the point where it's really obvious and he can get called on it, but hey! It's fun. ]

Normally? I'm out in the city. I...kind of lost my job recently, so I've been trying to find something else.

[holyfight]

Eh? Did you get fired? Where did you work?

[suppressthedark]

Yeah, I got fired.

[Threatened and then fired. YEP. Malik's a jerk.]

..And I really don't want to talk about it.

[holyfight]

Alright. You don't have to.

So how is your new job? Do you... Do you think I should get a job here?

[suppressthedark]

Thanks.

Well...I'm trying to find one right now. And yeah, there's stuff you'll need that you won't be able to get from the houses.

[And the food is really bland...]

[holyfight]

[NOTHING is bland in the hands of Inoue Orihime]

Eh? Like what?

You aren't working for Watson-sensei?

[suppressthedark]

[This is true. Nothing is...even if maybe you might want it to be.]

No! I'm just helping him out a bit. I'm not getting paid for it.

[holyfight]

[BEET. BREAD. She pureed those beets by hand, you know]

That's no good!

Well, I mean it's good to volunteer, but you need a job that'll pay you, too!

Maybe we can look together?

[suppressthedark]

[OH COME ON HE'S EATING IT OKAY. ...Devouring it, really.]

You want to?

[What if they got a job together oh lord]

[holyfight]

Of course! Everything is more fun with a friend, right?

[or in your case, a crush. And imagine, Ichigo! 8 hour days full of big boobs and crazy antics! HOW COULD YOU GO WRONG?]

[suppressthedark]

[And then Ichigo's life was a sitcom.]

Heh, I guess so. But I thought you'd get a job at a bakery, like you did back home.

[holyfight]

Well, I want to! Do you know of a good bakery here? I haven't looked yet!